{"id":391348,"date":"2022-06-07T11:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T11:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=391348"},"modified":"2022-06-07T11:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T11:45:33","slug":"for-the-money-or-hes-kind-of-scared-brandon-moreno-isnt-on-board-with-deiveson-figueiredos-demands-for-more-money-from-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/for-the-money-or-hes-kind-of-scared-brandon-moreno-isnt-on-board-with-deiveson-figueiredos-demands-for-more-money-from-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;For the Money, Or He\u2019s Kind of Scared?&#8217;- Brandon Moreno Isn&#8217;t On Board with Deiveson Figueiredo&#8217;s Demands for More Money From the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno stopped by the MMA Hour and spoke to Ariel Helwani about comments made by his rival, Deiveson Figueiredo. \u2018The Assassin Baby\u2019 is in line to fight number two ranked contender Kai Kara-France for an interim belt, now that Figueiredo is sidelined due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Brazilian champion isn\u2019t particularly pleased with this decision and he made his disdain known. \u2018Deus de Guerra\u2019 put forth an ultimatum to the UFC that involved him going up to bantamweight if his demands for more money aren\u2019t met. However, Moreno doesn\u2019t see the merit in Figueiredo\u2019s recent demands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Figueiredo and his ridiculous power against Brandon Moreno (1) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWIQ8Gvijv\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWIQ8Gvijv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will (@willhatesmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/willhatesmma\/status\/1532398504974422017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/he-is-mentally-on-another-level-kai-kara-france-shares-his-thoughts-on-hard-to-break-brandon-moreno\/\">\u201cHe Is Mentally on Another Level\u201d- Kai Kara-France Shares His Thoughts on \u2018Hard to Break\u2019 Brandon Moreno<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Moreno went in on Figueiredo\u2019s demands and said that he wasn\u2019t quite sure if it was for more money or to possibly avoid fighting him again. Both men have faced each on three occasions with the stat line reading 1-1-1 across the three fights between both men.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not seeing the merit in Deiveson Figueiredo\u2019s demands, Moreno isn\u2019t stopping to ponder on it too much. He has a massive fight against Kara-France that will put him back in the driver\u2019s seat with a win.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aCROCjPWeu4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI don\u2019t know what he\u2019s thinking right now, [whether] it\u2019s really for the money, or he\u2019s kind of scared. Don\u2019t want to say he\u2019s scared \u2014 it\u2019s too much trash talk. I\u2019m sick of trash talk with this guy. I\u2019m done with that. But I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to fight, and that\u2019s it. I know I have an important matchup against Kara-France, but hopefully I can see him again before the end of the year. He\u2019s saying a lot of different, crazy stuff like, \u2018Oh, I want more money and if the UFC doesn\u2019t give me more money, I\u2019m going to go to bantamweight.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-391316 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/image01-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/image01-4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/image01-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/image01-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/06\/image01-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLike anybody cares, man. Nobody cares. It\u2019s not like he\u2019s moving to 135 and the UFC is going to go, \u2018Oh, OK, you\u2019re going to move to 135? I\u2019m going to give you more money now.\u2019\u201d<\/em> [h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2022\/6\/6\/23156880\/brandon-moreno-responds-deiveson-figueiredo-ultimatum-to-leave-flyweight-division-like-anybody-cares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mmafighting.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The rivalry between Moreno and Figueiredo that spanned over 18 months has produced some classic moments and fans are looking forward to seeing them run it back for a fourth time. The MMA community can expect a lot more clarity going forward now once \u2018Deus de Guerra\u2019 returns from his injury absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno stopped by the MMA Hour and spoke to Ariel Helwani about comments made by his rival, Deiveson Figueiredo. \u2018The Assassin Baby\u2019 is in line to fight number two ranked contender Kai Kara-France for an interim belt, now that Figueiredo is sidelined due to injury. However, the Brazilian champion isn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":391349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}